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"
This
evening
,
then
,
"
said
Pencroft
,
"
we
will
all
meet
out
there
.
"
"
This
evening
,
at
ten
o'clock
,
"
replied
Captain
Harding
;
"
and
Heaven
grant
that
the
storm
does
not
abate
before
our
departure
.
"
Pencroft
took
leave
of
the
two
friends
,
and
returned
to
his
lodging
,
where
young
Herbert
Brown
had
remained
.
The
courageous
boy
knew
of
the
sailor
's
plan
,
and
it
was
not
without
anxiety
that
he
awaited
the
result
of
the
proposal
being
made
to
the
engineer
.
Thus
five
determined
persons
were
about
to
abandon
themselves
to
the
mercy
of
the
tempestuous
elements
!
No
!
the
storm
did
not
abate
,
and
neither
Jonathan
Forster
nor
his
companions
dreamed
of
confronting
it
in
that
frail
car
.
It
would
be
a
terrible
journey
.
The
engineer
only
feared
one
thing
;
it
was
that
the
balloon
,
held
to
the
ground
and
dashed
about
by
the
wind
,
would
be
torn
into
shreds
.
For
several
hours
he
roamed
round
the
nearly
-
deserted
square
,
surveying
the
apparatus
.
Pencroft
did
the
same
on
his
side
,
his
hands
in
his
pockets
,
yawning
now
and
then
like
a
man
who
did
not
know
how
to
kill
the
time
,
but
really
dreading
,
like
his
friend
,
either
the
escape
or
destruction
of
the
balloon
.
Evening
arrived
.
The
night
was
dark
in
the
extreme
.
Thick
mists
passed
like
clouds
close
to
the
ground
.
Rain
fell
mingled
with
snow
.
it
was
very
cold
.
A
mist
hung
over
Richmond
.
it
seemed
as
if
the
violent
storm
had
produced
a
truce
between
the
besiegers
and
the
besieged
,
and
that
the
cannon
were
silenced
by
the
louder
detonations
of
the
storm
.
The
streets
of
the
town
were
deserted
.
It
had
not
even
appeared
necessary
in
that
horrible
weather
to
place
a
guard
in
the
square
,
in
the
midst
of
which
plunged
the
balloon
.
Everything
favored
the
departure
of
the
prisoners
,
but
what
might
possibly
be
the
termination
of
the
hazardous
voyage
they
contemplated
in
the
midst
of
the
furious
elements
?
--
"
Dirty
weather
!
"
exclaimed
Pencroft
,
fixing
his
hat
firmly
on
his
head
with
a
blow
of
his
fist
;
"
but
pshaw
,
we
shall
succeed
all
the
same
!
"
At
half-past
nine
,
Harding
and
his
companions
glided
from
different
directions
into
the
square
,
which
the
gas-lamps
,
extinguished
by
the
wind
,
had
left
in
total
obscurity
.
Even
the
enormous
balloon
,
almost
beaten
to
the
ground
,
could
not
be
seen
.
Independently
of
the
sacks
of
ballast
,
to
which
the
cords
of
the
net
were
fastened
,
the
car
was
held
by
a
strong
cable
passed
through
a
ring
in
the
pavement
.
The
five
prisoners
met
by
the
car
.
They
had
not
been
perceived
,
and
such
was
the
darkness
that
they
could
not
even
see
each
other
.
Without
speaking
a
word
,
Harding
,
Spilett
,
Neb
,
and
Herbert
took
their
places
in
the
car
,
while
Pencroft
by
the
engineer
's
order
detached
successively
the
bags
of
ballast
.
It
was
the
work
of
a
few
minutes
only
,
and
the
sailor
rejoined
his
companions
.
The
balloon
was
then
only
held
by
the
cable
,
and
the
engineer
had
nothing
to
do
but
to
give
the
word
.
